Fishing at Lac Couzon, Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean, Quebec

• Overview

  Lac Couzon is a Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean water, Quebec side. It stands 594 metres above sea level. Small at around 6 hectares: two anglers spread out cover most of it. It is high ground by Quebec standards. Some 52 km away sits Normandin, the nearest settlement. For a city, Saguenay is 166 km off. The county line is nowhere near, so one local authority covers the water.

• Where to Fish on Lac Couzon

  Without a survey to go on, judge depth from how the bank falls away. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. On a natural lake the weed line and the shelf beyond it do the work. Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean records list northern pike, Atlantic salmon, lake whitefish and fallfish among the fish reported. Some of the species recorded here are protected or tightly regulated, so check what may be targeted before you fish. Read Lac Couzon for ten minutes before the first cast goes out.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Climate normals give 16°C for July and -18°C for January. Long winters and short summers set the pattern. Ice-out usually falls in early May, and the weeks after it fish hardest. The open-water window runs from around early May to about mid November in an average year. Look to early summer and the first cool weeks of autumn. The season on Lac Couzon rarely departs from it.

• Tackle & Baits

  Whether the bank is open is not something our records settle. Nothing in the way of made access shows up nearby: no ramp, no car park, no path. A wire trace and a big bright lure handle the pike; deep water asks for a heavier spoon. Ask in the nearest town if you are unsure. Close seasons apply to some species and not others. The nearest alternative is Lac Fourdrain, 2.6 km out. What applies at Lac Couzon may have changed since it was mapped.